About the job

Core duties:

• Monitor and report on the latest news and announcements that come out over the weekend, without bias.
• Quickly react to breaking news, turning around briefs of 100–150 words in 20 minutes or less.
• Manage and produce longer featured stories that fit into the “weekend read” category.
• Liaise with major companies, niche projects and stakeholders, conducting interviews and sourcing original and pertinent stories.
• Writing headlines and social media copy that draw in readers. Post the newly published articles on social media.
• Use our in-house style guide (a slightly modified variant of AP style) to copy edit all content.
• Spearhead creative new content styles.

Required qualifications:

• Ability to learn on the fly and keep track of day-to-day news flow in a quickly evolving industry.
• Deep knowledge of the cryptocurrency industry.
• Expert English writing and editing skills.
• Work well within a team and organization.
• Strong skills in interviewing and building relationships with sources.
• Relevant bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of work experience.

Preferred qualifications:

• Ability to work 5 days a week (Wednesday to Sunday or Saturday to Wednesday) is a major bonus.
• Experience in reporting on breaking news.
• Experience in both working and publishing content without supervision.
• Experience in managing a team of writers.
• Non-English language skills are a plus, especially Chinese (Mandarin), Spanish, Japanese or Russian.
• A nose for a story and the instinct to ignore PR blitzes.